Riding-cultivator.



No. 65!,707. Patented June [2, I900. D. V. FORSBERG.

RIDING CULTIVATOB. (Application filed May 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

DANIEL V. FORSBERG, OF LAUREL, NEBRASKA.

RlDlNG-CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,707, dated June 12, 1900.

Application filed March 8, 1900. Serial No. 7,855. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.- 4

Be it known that I, DANIEL V. FORSBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Laurel, in the county of Cedar andState of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Riding-Cultivator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One purpose of my invention is to so construct a riding-ci'iltivator that each shovelbeam may be quickly and conveniently adjusted by the hands of the rider either in a lateral or sidewise direction or raised and lowered at their rear ends. A further purpose of the invention is to so construct a riding-cultivator that the shovelbeams may be vertically adjusted at' their forward ends and held in adjusted position, enabling the beams to be so set that the shovels will enter the ground to a greater or a less extent.

Another purpose of the invention is to accomplish the above-mentioned purposes by means of simple yet durable and economic construction.

Theinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which is represented a perspective view of a riding-cultivator embodying the features of my invention.

As shown, the frame A consists of side bars 10, a front bar 11, and a rear bar 12, the latter supporting a seat 13. The tongue or pole 14 and its braces 15 are secured in any desired manner to the front bar 11 of the frame, and the axle 16 is preferably a crank-axle, having the usual supportingwheels 17 loosely mounted on its spindles. An opening 18 is made in the front cross-bar 11 of the frame 20 is pivotally attached to the main front cross-bar 11 of the frame A through the medium of a pivot-pin 21, which admits of the an adj listing-bar, as will be hereinafter shown, .is provided at each side of its center with a.

slot 22 in its forward edge, and these slots register with the openings 18 in the mainfront cross-bar 11. Wear-plates 23 are secured upon the upper face of the adjustingbar 20, the said plates 23 having slots corresponding to the slots 22 in the bar, and the said adjusting-bar is raised or lowered by means of set-screws 24 or their equivalents, which are passed through the end portions of the adjusting-bar to'a bearing upon the upperface of the front main cross-bar 11 of the frame.

The beams B are provided with any suitable form of shovels O, and the forward ends of the beams B preferably have straps 25 secured thereto, and the straps of each shovelbeam are pivotally attached to thebottom portion of a shaft 26. These shafts 26 are passed loosely upward through the openings 18 in the frame and the slots 22 in the ad justing-bar and are supported by pins 27, which extend from their sides or are passed through them, which pins have bearing upon the wear-plates 23, on the'adjusting-bar. The shafts 26 are preferably hollow and are guided near their lower ends, where they are passed through eyes 28, formed on arms 29, extending usually from the tongue or pole 14. The shafts 26 may be adjusted Vertically, and consequently the forward ends of the beams may be raised or lowered, and thus control the depth to which the shovels shall enter the ground.

A handle 30 is connected with the upper portion of each shaft 26. These handles are within easy reach from the drivers seat 13 and are usually provided with forks 31 at their forward ends, which forks receive the upper ends of the shafts 26 and are pivotally attached to said shafts. Thus by moving the handles 30 to the right or to the left the shovelbeams will be moved sidewise in a desired direction. Furthermore, the rear end of either shovel-beam may be raised or lowered for any purpose by simply pressing down upon the rear ends of the handles 30, as the forked por tions of the handles30 are connected by links 32 with the shovel-beams at a point near the connection of said beams with the. adjustable shafts 26. The links 32 'pass downward through slots made longitudinally in the shafts26 and are attached to the shovel-beams by pivot-pins 33. p

Avertical adjustment is given to the. for= ward portions of the shovel-beams B by manipulating the set-screws 24, since as the ad-.

justing-bar is raised orv lowered the shafts 26 will be moved correspondingly, as the said shafts rest upon the adjusting-bar. Any {191 ing theshafts in the frame, handles attached to said shafts, and shovel-beams pivotally attached to the said shafts, for the purpose specified. 1

2 In a riding-cultivator, a frame, shafts having vertical movement in .the frame and likewise rotary movement, handlesypivotally attached to the upper portions of the shafts,

shovel-beams pivotally connected with the rear portions of the shafts, and a connection between the forward ends of the shovel-beams and; handles for lifting the rear ends of 'the said beams, as set forth.

3. In a riding-cultivator, the combination,

beams near their pivotal connection with the shafts, as, specified. r

4;. In a riding-cultivator, the combination, with a frame, an adjusting-bar carried by said frame, means for raising and lowering fthe said bar, shafts having vertical and roitarymovement in the frame and in the adjusting-bar, and projections from the shafts,

.which projections rest upon the adjustingbar, of handles pivoted to the upper ends of the shafts, extending rearward and forward therefrom, shovel-beams pivoted to the bottom portion of the said shafts, andlinks piv- =otally connecting the forward ends of the handles with the forward portions of the shovel-beams, for the purpose specified.

5. In a riding-cultivator, the combination i with the frame, of a vertically-adjustable bar on the frame,-verti,cal shafts passing loosely through the said bar and frame, said shafts being supported by said bar, shovel-beams pivoted to the lower ends of the shafts, and

handles secured to the upper ends of the shafts, substantially as described.

6. In a'riding-cultivator, the combination with a frame, of vertical shafts mounted to slide and turn in the frame, said shafts being longitudinally slotted, shovel-beams pivoted with a frame, shovels mounted to slide verlikewise rotary movementin the frame, handlespivotally attached to the upper port-ions. of the. shafts, extending in a rearward and forward direction therefrom, shovel-beams pivotally attached to the bottom portions of the said, shafts, and links pivoted to the forward portionof the handles and to the shovelsubstantially as described. tically in the said frame, said shafts having In testimony whereof I havesignedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL V. FORSB-ERG.

\Vitnesses:

E. R. GURNEY, W. G. DAVIS. 

